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List: The 24 Denver schools getting AC, and the 31 that aren't

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Public Schools students returned to class on a day with record-breaking heat, putting thousands of children on campuses without air conditioning.Denver Public Schools has identified 55 buildings that need air conditioning, and nearly half have gotten or are in line for upgrades. Money for cooling comes from a $795 million bond measure that voters passed in 2020 for building and maintaining schools. Coffee shop uses glass jars to reduce plastic waste While those funds aim to help cool campuses as Denver's heat rises, some 31 schools are still on the back burner. Just 24 of the 55 schools in need have gotten or are in line for new cooling mechanisms.Here's which schools are getting upgrades and which ones aren't, according to the district.Denver schools that got air conditioningAshley ElementaryFairview ElementaryForce ElementaryGrant Beacon MiddleHallett AcademyManual HighMerrill MiddleSmedley (Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High and Denver Online High)Smith...

Man wanted for sexually assaulting runner near Lakewood park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police in Lakewood are looking for a man who allegedly assaulted a woman running near Walker Branch Park.Lakewood Police said on Aug. 6 at 12:45 p.m., the victim was on her way back home from her run when she passed the park, located at 5825 W. 16th Ave., a few blocks west of Sloan's Lake Park.An unknown man saw the woman and started to follow her, police said.According to police, the suspect followed the woman on southbound Harlan Street for nearly two blocks. When the woman reached 14th Avenue and Harlan Street, the suspect allegedly attacked the woman from behind with both arms and fondled her. Charges reduced for 2 officers in Elijah McClain death case The suspect fled northbound on Harlan Street and eastbound on 16th Avenue.Lakewood Police said the man is described as:HispanicIn his 20s to 30sThin build5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tallHas black facial hairPolice in Lakewood are looking for this man who allegedly assaulted a woman who was running near ...

Ostrow Brasserie’s kosher French cuisine in Miami is inclusive for those with strict diets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

France is home to talented chefs and delicious cuisine.And we’re all down to have a bite of that apple if we could- and now we can!Ostrow Brasserie in Buena Vista is offering a blend of kosher food and French dining.Ostrow? More like Ost-wow, I can’t believe it’s kosher!Olivia Ostrow: “This is not a kosher restaurant. This is a French restaurant that happens to be kosher.”Kosher means the food follows strict Jewish laws: The milk and meat never mix. So Chef Olivia Ostrow and her team had their work cut out for them.Olivia Ostrow: “French cuisine, everybody knows uses a lot of butter and is very creamy. So when you go into the kosher French cuisine you encounter challenges.”The concept started with Olivia’s own need for kosher food, While still enjoying authentic French dishes. Olivia Ostrow: “The dessert, the creme brulee that’s coming after the steak, that’s something I wanted and I wanted to share it.”To work ...

Trump says he will surrender Thursday on Georgia charges tied to efforts to overturn 2020 election

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

Former President Donald Trump says he will surrender to authorities in Georgia on Thursday to face charges in the case accusing him of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss.“Can you believe it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” Trump wrote on his social media network Monday night, hours after court papers said his bond was set at $200,000.The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday afternoon that when Trump surrenders there will be a “hard lockdown” of the area surrounding the main county jail.Trump, according to the papers, is also barred from intimidating co-defendants, witnesses or victims in the case — including on social media — according to the bond agreement signed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Trump’s defense attorneys and the judge. It explicitly includes “posts on social media or reposts of posts” made by others.Trump has repeatedly used social media to attack people involved in ...

Veteran Bryan Shaw sets an example for the Chicago White Sox bullpen with his availability to pitch

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

The game was on the verge of possibly getting away from the Chicago White Sox.The Colorado Rockies had a three-run lead with a runner on and two outs in the fifth inning on Sunday at Coors Field.Bryan Shaw entered for Dylan Cease and struck out Michael Toglia to end the threat.Shaw retired the side in the sixth, striking out Charlie Blackmon for the third out. He returned for the seventh and struck out Ezequiel Tovar before exiting.Shaw, Aaron Bummer and Gregory Santos combined for 4 1/3 scoreless relief innings, and the Sox scored seven runs in the eighth inning to rally for a 10-5 victory.Shaw, 35, pitched twice in the series against one of his former teams. The 13-year veteran spent 2018-19 with the Rockies.“I’m trying to stay ready to help them the best I can,” Shaw recently told the Tribune. “Whether it’s one inning, two innings. Help the guys, it’s a young ’pen, guys have just made their debuts this year and just trying to do what I ca...

Thomas Hodgson leads Trump’s campaign in Massachusetts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

Former Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is heading up Donald Trump’s campaign in Massachusetts where he sees “energy” building for an alternative to President Biden.“People have finally realized that the price of eggs and of gas, to name a few, isn’t working for their kids,” Hodgson told the Herald. “That’s the driving force.”The one-time Bristol sheriff, often seen at the White House during Trump’s presidency for being both a loyal Republican and tough-on-crime advocate, lost his re-election bid last fall.He’s now going to try to gain ground for Trump in a blue state where independents often do decide elections.Hodgson said he wouldn’t second-guess his boss about stepping away from this week’s Fox GOP debate, but if he does win the primary “you bet he’ll debate the Democrat.”That could likely be a rerun of Biden vs. Trump with plenty of drama heading into such a showdown as Trump faces four court ...

Georgia DA slaps Trump with $200K bond

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

Donald Trump’s bond has been set at $200,000 ahead of his surrender to authorities in the Georgia case accusing the former president of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss, according to court papers.Trump, who is facing a Friday deadline to turn himself in, is also barred from intimidating co-defendants, witnesses or victims in the case — including on social media — according to the bond agreement signed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Trump’s defense attorneys and the judge. It explicitly includes “posts on social media or reposts of posts” made by others.The agreement prohibits the former president from making any “direct or indirect threat of any nature” against witnesses or co-defendants, and from communicating in any way about the facts of the case with them, except through attorneys.The order sets Trump’s bond for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations — or RICO — charge at $80,000, and add...

North Korea tells Japan of launch plan, a possible second try to put up spy satellite

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — North Korea told Japan on Tuesday it plans to launch a satellite in the coming days, possibly a second try to put a military spy satellite into orbit three months after its first effort failed, Japanese officials said.In late May, a North Korean rocket carrying a spy satellite plunged into the sea soon after liftoff, posing a setback to leader Kim Jong Un’s push to establish a space-based surveillance system to better monitor the U.S. and South Korea. North Korea vowed to make a second attempt after studying what went wrong with the first launch.Japan’s coast guard said North Korean authorities notified it about a plan to launch a satellite from Aug. 24 and the end of Aug. 30. Coast guard spokesperson Hiromune Kikuchi said that the notice didn’t specify what type of satellite North Korea intends to launch but that he believes it possibly referrs to one similar to the spy satellite in the May launch. The North Korean notice mentioned three maritime zone...

Five things to know about feedback to Champagne’s TTC wireless service consultation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

Canada’s four major telecommunications companies have one week left to respond to one another’s submissions as part of a federal consultation process regarding wireless access on the Toronto subway.Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne wants to expedite negotiations between the carriers, which had come to a standstill after Rogers Communications Inc. bought the TTC’s existing wireless network and signalled plans to further build it out. Rogers, Bell Canada, Telus Corp. and Quebecor Inc. had until Aug. 8 to submit responses to Champagne’s proposed solutions.Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada plans to post a decision following a review of those responses, which would then trigger a proposed 30-day window for the carriers to complete negotiations or face arbitration.Here are five highlights from the submissions:Rogers accused of delaying accessIn response to Ottawa’s proposals, Bell and Telus reiterated long-standing objecti...

U.N. calls unauthorized construction by Turkish Cypriots a violation of the status quo on Cyprus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday called unauthorized construction by Turkish Cypriots inside the U.N. buffer zone dividing Cyrus a violation of the status quo that is contrary to council resolutions and it condemned their assault on U.N. peacekeepers.The council statement was issued after emergency closed consultations by its 15 members. It followed criticism of the U.N. peacekeepers for blocking construction earlier Monday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Speaking after a Cabinet meeting in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, Erdogan called the U.N. action “unacceptable” and accused the peacekeeping force of bias against Turkish Cypriots. He said Turkey would not allow any “unlawful” behavior toward ethnic Turks on Cyprus.Cyprus was divided into a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south in 1974 following a Turkish invasion that was triggered by a coup aimed at uniting the island with Greece. Turkey maintains more...